Trinacria

Canna 'Trinacria'

Canna 'Trinacria'

(Italian Group)(Heritage Group)

 

Origin SPRENGER Karl

Parentage unknown

Height Medium, over 3ft/90cm

Foliage Green

Form Branching

Flower Yellow

Blooming Late spring

Flowering Summer to frosts

Tillering Average

Available Specialist

Introduced by Karl Sprenger of Messrs Dammann et Cie, Italy, Canna 'Trinacria' is a medium sized Italian Group cultivar; green foliage, long oval shaped, acute apex, branching habit; half-round main stems, coloured green; oval flower stalks, coloured green; clusters of flowers are open, self-coloured yellow, throat yellow and amber, staminodes are large, edges irregular, partial self-cleaning, late spring, flowers in summer until frosts, blooms open in the early morning; seed is sterile, pollen is low fertile; rhizomes are thick, up to 3 cm in diameter, coloured white and pink; tillering is average.

Canna 'Trinacria' is available from specialist growers.

Flowers show their C. flaccida heritage, they are very thin and fade very quickly, but while they are young they are an absolute delight. There is a faint whitish stripe running from the throat upto the top edge of each petal. Nurserymen folklore has it that this is the cultivar that mutated on a long sea voyage to Thialand into C. 'Trinacria Variegata', or 'Striped Beauty' as it is more commonly known.

References

Damman & Cie, 1899

Trinacria- 1897 About 4 feet. Bright green, of luxuriant growth. Flowers very numerous and large, sulphur -yellow, fading later on into a paler yellow. A very pure color.

RHS Journal of 1908-9

Das Geschlecht der Canna, by Árpád Mühle

Trinacria (Dam.) Height of 150 cm. Leaves lively green, flowers numerously largely, sulfur-yellow, soon fading.

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